Bradley Cooper is the Deadliest Sniper in "American Sniper"

Bradley Cooper is looking to adapt the "American Sniper" book for the big screen as the first project under his 22nd and Indiana production company. The actor will producer as well as star.

The book, called "American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in US Military History," reveals how Navy SEAL Chris Kyle came to record the highest number of sniper kills for an American. The book has been praised for its frankness in telling a first-person account of a warrior, but also criticized for the callous way the kills are described. Kyle has 160 confirmed kills out of 255 claimed kills.

The real story comes from passages in which Kyle's wife slowly watches her husband's affection turn from her to the SEALs and the war. The script will be written by Jason Dean Hall (Spread).